Singers of the popular traditions of Latin America, Portugal and Cape Verde, including Argentine tango, Portuguese fado, Brazilian bossa nova and Cape Verdean morna, each a named style with its own songs, instruments and audience. A performer belongs here when the cited article names one of these styles as the singer's own. It excludes jazz, soul and rock performers and the Arab singers, who have their own groups.
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Wikipedia: Carlos Gardel
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Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890-24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango.
Wikipedia: Amalia Rodrigues
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Amália da Piedade Rodrigues (23 July 1920-6 October 1999) was a Portuguese fado singer (fadista).
Wikipedia: Joao Gilberto
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João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira (, ZHWOWN zhil-BAIR-toh; Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu du ˈpɾadu peˈɾejɾɐ dʒi oliˈvejɾɐ]; 10 June 1931-6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s.
Wikipedia: Cesaria Evora
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Cesária Évora GCIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈzaɾiɐ ˈɛvuɾɐ]; 27 August 1941-17 December 2011) was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole.
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